Chapter Summaries

Chen Yuan defeated Shi Gang in the semifinal with Cola’s newly revealed Tier 3 strength, setting up a final against Xia Heng two days later. As Chen Yuan pursued Advanced Beast Tamer certification, Xia Heng’s Ink Tree Spirit used a special Spiritual Plant to break through to Tier 3, leaving both finalists prepared for the championship match.

• Cola defeated Shi Gang’s Rockfall Giant and Mighty Ape, and Xia Heng left the arena determined to strengthen the Ink Tree Spirit before the final.
• Chen Yuan and Xia Heng advanced to the final on the evening of the 27th, while Cola celebrated its performance and Chen Yuan agreed to seek Advanced Beast Tamer certification through battle recordings.
• Xia Heng asked his Third Uncle for a Spiritual Plant to strengthen the Ink Tree Spirit, then refused to use it after hearing it could harm the beast’s future potential.
• The Ink Tree Spirit bound Xia Heng and absorbed the Spiritual Plant despite his objections, breaking through to Tier 3 while the Raging Torrent Crocodile failed to respond.
• Xia Heng’s Third Uncle revealed that the plant’s supposed severe side effects had been fabricated, and urged Xia Heng to consolidate the Ink Tree Spirit’s new strength for the final.

The Qin Province Beast Tamer Association announced Chen Yuan as the province’s first Advanced Beast Tamer and awarded him the one-of-a-kind Qinling Guardian Medal. As the Great Wind Cup Finals approached, Chen Yuan arranged for Xuanhe Village and his companions to watch, learned that Xia Heng came from a powerful family, and chose Cola to take the first match; the team prepared to compete the next night.

• The Qin Province Beast Tamer Association publicized Chen Yuan’s achievements, and Zhou Xu explained that Chen Yuan had received the Qinling Guardian Medal for his contributions to the Qinling investigation.
• Chen Yuan invited Grandpa and the village to watch the Finals in Xuanhe Village, then assigned Duckie to lead the other companions and invite beasts from the mountain.
• Shao Yang distributed flyers in nearby villages, and Old Man Li declared that his village would join Xuanhe Village to watch Chen Yuan compete.
• Zhang Hao told Chen Yuan that Xia Heng was the son of Mingsheng Group’s owners, while reporting that he had nearly secured sponsorship for the Qinling Mount-Riding Championship.
• Chen Yuan used a dice roll to choose the Finals’ order of appearance, and Cola beat Spark’s roll and was set to compete first.

Chen Yuan and Xia Heng began the Great Wind Cup final, where Xia Heng’s newly advanced Ink Tree Spirit caught Cola off guard and injured it. Chen Yuan countered with a boosted Vortex Assault, and Cola slammed the Ink Tree Spirit to the ground, leaving the arena stunned.

• Spectators and Chen Yuan’s friends and pets gathered for the Great Wind Cup final, while Duckie led a large group of pets to watch in Xuanhe Village.
• Chen Yuan and Xia Heng entered the arena, introduced their teams, and began the 2v2 match.
• Xia Heng’s Ink Tree Spirit revealed it had advanced to Tier 3 and restrained Cola with Corrupting Root Prison.
• The Ink Tree Spirit struck Cola with Thousand-Leaf Blade Dance, but Cola escaped, endured the attack, and used Wind Surge to blow the leaves away.
• Xia Heng used Deep Root Absorption to steady the Ink Tree Spirit against Cola’s gale, but Chen Yuan ordered Cola to attack with Vortex Assault.
• Cola broke through the Ink Tree Spirit’s defenses and crashed into it, sending its enormous body flying as the arena fell silent.

Chen Yuan's Condensing Wind Hound, Cola, defeated Xia Heng's Ink Tree Spirit, then his Flame Cloud Falcon, Spark, overcame the Raging Torrent Crocodile despite its Water-type advantage. Spark won the final clash, making Chen Yuan the match winner and leaving him and his team ready to celebrate the championship.

• Cola overwhelmed the Ink Tree Spirit with a barrage of Wind Blades, and Xia Heng recalled it after it lost the ability to fight.
• Xia Heng sent out the Raging Torrent Crocodile, but Chen Yuan recalled Cola and summoned Spark for the second battle.
• Spark countered the Crocodile's Water Pressure Cannon, escaped Vortex Strangulation, and overpowered it with Flame Energy Assault.
• The injured Raging Torrent Crocodile launched a surprise attack, but Spark repelled it with Flame Surge.
• Spark unleashed two Blazing Storms that overwhelmed the Crocodile, and the head referee declared Chen Yuan the winner.
• Chen Yuan patted the disappointed Cola and said it was time to welcome their championship moment.

Chen Yuan won the Great Wind Cup without losing a pet and celebrated with his friends after returning to the hotel. As the village and his companions settled back into farm life, Zhang Hao invited everyone to Xuanhe Village’s first Qinling Mount-Riding Championship next month.

• Chen Yuan defeated Xia Heng in the Great Wind Cup final, and Xia conceded while promising to challenge him again.
• Chen Yuan lifted the champion’s trophy with Cola, Spark, and the Twin Flower Concubine, while Zhuang Jianbai decided to go to Magic City for greater challenges.
• Nie Li left with her team, Zhang Hao handed red packets to the fan club, and Huo Hong agreed to take Amei to Sichuan Province for more earning opportunities.
• Chen Yuan’s victory sparked celebrations in Xuanhe Village, where the village chief offered outsiders rooms and Song Guohao suggested keeping the gentle wild pets.
• Chen Weiyi led the pets back to the farm, and Chen Yuan dragged Cola away from guarding the trophy to take the pets out for a celebratory meal.
• Chen Yuan thanked his friends over dinner, and Zhang Hao invited them to Xuanhe Village’s first Qinling Mount-Riding Championship next month.

After winning the Great Wind Cup, Chen Yuan accepted promotion to consultant of the Qin Province Beast Tamer Association and became head of the province’s Forest Rangers. He returned to Baokun City amid a public celebration, while Liu Zhihao eagerly tried to catch sight of him.

• Chen Yuan celebrated the Great Wind Cup victory online, then met Qin Province Beast Tamer Association leaders to discuss his rewards and new duties.
• Chairman Jian promoted Chen Yuan to the province’s only association consultant and put all Qinling Mountains Forest Rangers in the province under his management.
• Chen Yuan accepted the changes, and Chairman Jian told him he could turn away requests unrelated to Qin Province while urging him to prepare for the Donghuang Beast Tamer Competition.
• Zhou Xu accompanied Chen Yuan back to Baokun City on a banner-covered coach and told him that his own assignment had moved to the provincial association.
• Liu Zhihao and his classmate joined the crowd cheering Chen Yuan’s return, and Liu Zhihao sent word that Consultant Chen was back.

Moistening Duck discovered that the Clear Mind Fruits had ripened, and Chen Yuan gave the farm pets permission to share them and trade one to Wandering Frog. Wandering Frog took Moistening Duck to its underground home, where it met Strong Frog; after fleeing back to Sparkling Flying Cat, Duckie mistakenly believed the frogs were coming to attack the farm, and the two hurried to seek help.

• Moistening Duck watered the Spiritual Plants and found a ripe Clear Mind Fruit had fallen from the Clear Mind Fruit Tree.
• Moistening Duck and Sparkling Flying Cat considered taking the fruits, but called Chen Yuan, who allowed them to share the harvest, save two fruits for Spark and Cola, and trade one.
• Wandering Frog offered several Spiritual Plants for a Clear Mind Fruit, then promised to take the two pets somewhere with lots of tasty food.
• Wandering Frog led Moistening Duck through an underwater passage to its underground home, where Duckie spotted Strong Frog and fled in panic.
• Wandering Frog decided to seek an audience with the Frog King, while Moistening Duck returned to Sparkling Flying Cat and warned that the frogs were coming for revenge.
• Sparkling Flying Cat and Moistening Duck hurried back toward the farm to find Big Sister.

After returning from the Great Wind Cup, Chen Yuan reunited with the farm’s pet beasts and discovered that Moistening Duck believed Wandering Frog had been sent to attack it. The farm’s alarm sounded just as Chen Yuan agreed to investigate, leaving him dispatching Cola and Spark to the gate.

• Moistening Duck warned Ironhead Kid and the other farm residents that frogs were coming, so they gathered at the gate ready to defend the farm.
• Chen Yuan returned after two weeks away with Cola and Spark, and the pet beasts celebrated their championship medals.
• Chen Yuan praised the farm’s upkeep, promised Moistening Duck three spirit fish, and went to sleep; Moistening Duck then confessed it had eaten the fish he left behind.
• Moistening Duck told Chen Yuan that Wandering Frog had attacked it, and Chen Yuan agreed to keep watch despite doubting the story.
• Ironhead Kid sounded an urgent alarm, and Chen Yuan sent Cola and Spark to investigate.

Wu Peng and Zeng Hui arrived at Chen Yuan’s farm as a group of frogs gathered there, expecting an attack. Instead, the Wandering Frog delivered Spiritual Plants and Azure Water Dew on behalf of a Frog King who wanted friendship and trade, while the largest frog challenged the farm’s Contracted Beasts to prove Chen Yuan’s worth.

• Wu Peng and Zeng Hui spotted numerous frog-type Contracted Beasts swimming toward Chen Yuan’s farm and hurried there, believing it might be under attack.
• Ironhead Kid stopped the frogs at the farm gate, and Spark and Cola joined Chen Yuan and the others as the frogs faced them.
• The Wandering Frog offered Chen Yuan a collection of Spiritual Plants and Azure Water Dew, leaving Moistening Duck eager for the water-type resource.
• The Wandering Frog explained that the Frog King wanted to befriend Chen Yuan and establish a trade relationship.
• The largest frog stepped forward and declared that Chen Yuan had to get past it before he could trade with the King.

Chen Yuan let Ironhead Kid face the Abyssal Giant Toad, which had been sent to test his strength. Ironhead Kid evaded the toad’s attacks and pierced its belly with a perfected Steel Blade, leaving the frogs stunned and Duckie celebrating.

• The Abyssal Giant Toad challenged Chen Yuan’s Contracted Beasts, but Duckie refused to fight even when Chen Yuan offered it a Spirit Fish.
• After dismissing Twin Flower Concubine and the Sparkling Flying Cat as opponents, the toad chose Ironhead Kid, believing the gate guard would be easy to defeat.
• Chen Yuan moved the group to an open arena, where the Abyssal Giant Toad launched itself at Ironhead Kid and then bound it with its numbing tongue.
• Ironhead Kid escaped the toad’s grasp and pierced its thick belly with its perfected Steel Blade, making the Abyssal Giant Toad collapse.
• Moistening Duck cheered over the fallen toad while the frogs stood in stunned silence.

After the Abyssal Giant Toad was defeated twice, it agreed to take Moistening Duck and Cola to meet the Frog King so Chen Yuan could discuss a trade. The pair reached the Frog Tribe’s cave, where an enormous figure appeared before them.

• The Steel-headed Earth Rat one-shot the Abyssal Giant Toad, and Wu Peng and Zeng Hui mistook its perfected Steel Blade for a lesson from Consultant Chen.
• The Abyssal Giant Toad challenged Spark and was defeated again, then agreed to take Chen Yuan’s group to the Frog King.
• Chen Yuan persuaded Moistening Duck to go underwater with Cola as its bodyguard, and they followed the frogs through the passage beneath Mingyu Lake.
• Abyssal Giant Toad gave Cola and Moistening Duck fruit and begged them to keep its defeats secret, while Moistening Duck demanded extra payment.
• Cola silenced the frogs with a bark after they reached the Frog Tribe’s cave, but a thunderous croak announced an enormous figure emerging before them.

Chen Yuan learned that natural advancement occurred when a pet beast successfully digested a large amount of same-element Spiritual Plants, though the process was difficult to reproduce. After returning home, he received 4,500 Contribution Points and heard that Zhou Xu had news about Spark’s Blazing Flame Flower.

• Moistening Duck told the farm’s pets about meeting Frog King and its gifts of Spiritual Plants, which Cola and Moistening Duck had eaten before returning.
• Chen Yuan discussed the Frog Tribe’s need for pure water-element Spiritual Plants and learned from Chen Wenhao that natural advancement had a low success rate and could cause a pet beast to die.
• Chen Yuan returned home, where the farm’s pets resumed their routines and Gray Feather Falcon challenged Spark again.
• Zhou Xu told Chen Yuan he had earned 3,000 Contribution Points for the Qinling Mountains investigation and 1,500 for winning the Great Wind Cup.
• Zhou Xu said he had news about the Blazing Flame Flower Chen Yuan was seeking for Spark.

After learning that a Blazing Flame Flower had appeared at Flame Mountain, Chen Yuan agreed to join Liu Jinglan, Liu Jingyi, and Chang Yuhuan in the upcoming mountain fire-clearing competition. A blizzard delayed his preparations, but once the snow stopped, he arranged backup for his Forest Ranger duties and prepared to leave for Fire Prefecture.

• Zhou Xu told Chen Yuan that a Spiritual Plant resembling the Blazing Flame Flower had been found at Flame Mountain, and Chen Yuan identified it as Spark's advancement resource.
• Liu Jinglan explained that the Beast Tamer Association was organizing a team competition to clear Flame Mountain's fires and defeat Blazing Ember Spirits, and Chen Yuan agreed to join Liu Jinglan, Liu Jingyi, and Chang Yuhuan.
• Chen Yuan planned to travel to Fire Prefecture, but a sudden blizzard kept him at the farm, where the little ones played in the snow until Spark stopped their snowball fight.
• After the blizzard ended, Chen Yuan went to the village and asked the Gray Feather Falcon to help Forest Rangers who needed assistance while he was away.
• Chen Yuan arranged for the Gray Feather Falcon, Bear Dad, and the Bear Cub to provide backup, then prepared to leave for Flame Mountain.

Chen Yuan arrived in Fire Prefecture and joined Liu Jinglan, Liu Jingyi, and Chang Yuhuan for a points competition, where the team hoped to reach the top five and find a Blazing Flame Flower for Spark. At a Battle Club, Liu Jinglan prepared to test his Crimson Flame Ox against Chen Yuan’s Flame Cloud Falcon, while Jiang Hu and his teammates learned that Chen Yuan was the Great Wind Cup champion.

• Liu Jingyi and Liu Jinglan argued over whether Beast Tamers needed to train hard, and Chen Yuan said the choice depended on their goals.
• Chen Yuan, Liu Jinglan, Liu Jingyi, and Chang Yuhuan ate together and discussed their team, the competition, and the top-five reward Liu Jinglan wanted for his Crimson Flame Ox.
• Liu Jinglan took Chen Yuan’s group to a Battle Club, where they ran into Jiang Hu, a fellow Blazing Fire Cup top-eight contestant who had reserved a battle room.
• Jiang Hu urged Liu Jinglan to join his team instead, but Liu Jinglan said Chen Yuan was strong; Liu Jingyi then revealed that Chen Yuan had won the Great Wind Cup, prompting Jiang Hu and his teammates to ask about him.
• Liu Jinglan asked Chen Yuan to send out the Flame Cloud Falcon so his nearly Tier 3 Crimson Flame Ox could face it and perhaps break through.

Chen Yuan defeated Liu Jinglan’s newly advanced Crimson Flame Ox with Spark, then refused Jiang Hu’s offer to buy a place on his team. At the Flame Mountain competition, Xia Heng joined Mulat’s team hoping to learn how to counter Chen Yuan’s Flame Cloud Falcon, while Chen Yuan’s group entered the mountain and approached a raging fire.

• Liu Jinglan opened his battle against Chen Yuan by having the Crimson Flame Ox use Molten Earth Abyss, but Spark charged through the earthfire and knocked it unconscious with Flame Energy Assault.
• Jiang Hu offered to pay for a place on Chen Yuan’s team, but Chen Yuan refused and Liu Jinglan led their group away.
• Xia Heng joined Mulat’s team for the Flame Mountain competition, hoping to find a way for his Raging Torrent Crocodile to defeat Chen Yuan’s Flame Cloud Falcon.
• Chen Yuan, Liu Jinglan, Liu Jingyi, and Chang Yuhuan entered Flame Mountain through Entrance Seven and used Spark, Cola, the Water Spirit Turtle, and the Crimson Flame Ox to cope with the heat.
• Chen Yuan’s group approached a fiercely burning mountain fire as Spark flew ahead and the Blazing Flame Eagle followed it, seeking advice on becoming stronger.

Chen Yuan’s team defeated the Blazing Ember Spirits guarding a mountain fire, collected a Burning Grass, and discovered that Spark could absorb the fire almost instantly. After checking their competition ranking, the team continued deeper into Flame Mountain, where Cola tried and failed to imitate a Cloud Wind Leopard’s brief flight.

• Chen Yuan watched Blazing Ember Spirits defeat two Explosive Flame Lizard Monsters, then led Spark and Cola in defeating the remaining spirits while the Tier 2 leader prepared to self-detonate.
• Spark retrieved the Tier 3 Burning Grass and absorbed the mountain fire so quickly that the Crimson Flame Ox never got the chance to begin.
• Liu Jinglan checked the competition standings and found their team in tenth place, then identified the second-place Wolf Howl Team as a possible team led by champion Mulat.
• Chen Yuan’s team continued deeper into Flame Mountain, fought more Blazing Ember Spirits, and stopped to rest as evening fell.
• After Liu Jinglan described a Cloud Wind Leopard that could briefly fly, Cola tried to lift itself with Wind-type energy but fell back to the ground.

Chen Yuan and his companions continued deeper into Flame Mountain, where signs of an awakening deity and an organized gathering of Blazing Ember Spirits raised the danger. After Cola and the Twin Flower Concubine silently put a patrol to sleep, the group advanced toward the mountain’s core and noticed the spirits moving in the same direction.

• At camp, Liu Jingyi suggested Cola’s size and weight might hinder its flight, and Chen Yuan also suspected Cola needed finer control of its wind energy.
• Liu Jinglan voiced a premonition that something bad would happen at Flame Mountain, while Chen Yuan and Chang Yuhuan suspected a deity beneath the mountain might be awakening.
• The next day, Liu Jingyi learned their team was in fourth place, and Liu Jinglan heard that Blazing Ember Spirits in the core region were moving in alliances of multiple clans.
• Chen Yuan theorized that a powerful Blazing Ember Spirit had united the clans, and the group continued toward the core region.
• The Twin Flower Concubine created Sweet Aroma, and Cola used a gentle breeze to carry it over a patrol, silently putting the Blazing Ember Spirits to sleep.
• As the group advanced through the mountain fires, Chen Yuan noticed the Blazing Ember Spirits were all heading in the same direction.

Chen Yuan and his companions followed a vast group of Blazing Ember Spirits to Flame Mountain, where they watched Xia Heng defeat the group’s powerful leader with his Raging Torrent Crocodile. As Xia Heng resolved to grow stronger before facing Chen Yuan again, the remaining Blazing Ember Spirits gathered around their fallen leader, and one carried a blooming crimson flower toward them.

• Chen Yuan decided his team would follow the Blazing Ember Spirits from a distance, and they evaded patrols as they approached Flame Mountain.
• Chen Yuan and his companions met Jiang Hu, who explained that defeating the Blazing Ember Spirit leader would scatter its hundreds of followers and open the way to the mountaintop.
• Chen Yuan recognized Xia Heng, who was fighting the leader with his Tier 3 Raging Torrent Crocodile.
• Xia Heng used Water Surge to knock down the Blazing Ember Spirit leader, then said he wanted the Raging Torrent Crocodile to improve before facing Chen Yuan again.
• The surrounding Blazing Ember Spirits piled onto their fallen leader, and one approached carrying a blooming crimson flower.

Chen Yuan and the other Beast Tamers witnessed over a hundred Blazing Ember Spirits fuse with a Blazing Flame Flower to create a wild Morning Star Quality Blazing Soul Flame Lord. After it defeated Xia Heng’s Raging Torrent Crocodile and Mulat’s pet beast, the Beast Tamers looked to Chen Yuan as a possible challenger.

• Xia Heng ordered the Wolf Howl Team to retreat as the Blazing Flame Flower rose and engulfed the gathered Blazing Ember Spirits in white light.
• The Blazing Ember Spirits fused into a Morning Star Quality Blazing Soul Flame Lord, which Liu Jinglan identified as their king.
• The Blazing Soul Flame Lord overwhelmed the Raging Torrent Crocodile, and Xia Heng focused on using the battle to push his beast toward a breakthrough.
• Mulat challenged the Blazing Soul Flame Lord but recalled his pet beast two minutes later, dazed by its defeat.
• The Beast Tamers realized no team could pass while the Blazing Soul Flame Lord remained, then turned their attention to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan challenged the Blazing Soul Flame Lord with Spark, while the competition committee ordered contestants to withdraw after learning of the danger. Spark’s opening attacks revealed the Lord’s formidable power, and Chen Yuan began testing its defenses with a feint and surprise dive.

• Chen Yuan decided to challenge the Blazing Soul Flame Lord, watched other challengers fall quickly, and identified Molten Slash and Blazing Fire Flash Strike as two of its skills.
• Xia Heng recognized Chen Yuan as the Beast Tamer who had defeated him, and Mulat encouraged him to challenge Chen Yuan again after he improved.
• The competition committee saw the Blazing Soul Flame Lord on a shaky live feed, learned it could endanger the contestants, and ordered everyone to leave the mountain.
• Liu Jinglan, Liu Jingyi, Jiang Hu, and the other teams chose to stay and watch Chen Yuan’s battle despite the withdrawal notice.
• Spark’s perfected Flame Surge met the Blazing Soul Flame Lord’s Molten Slash in a stalemate, and Chen Yuan used their next clash to create smoke for Spark’s surprise attack.
• The Blazing Soul Flame Lord sensed Spark’s dive and swiftly blinked aside, avoiding the ambush.